Associate Director of Pre-K

Follow Your Passion

Are you looking to make a BIG impact? At Zeta, we pursue an unprecedented combination of high academic achievement and social‑emotional development for our students. We insist that every student receives a world‑class education while fostering a love for learning. We are passionate about changing the landscape of public education in New York City and beyond, and we are uncompromising in our mission.

Currently, we operate multiple elementary and middle schools in the Bronx, Upper Manhattan, and Queens. We plan to grow and open 1‑2 schools each year because children in every community deserve excellent, equitable education. Join our growing team today, and be a change agent for children.

Our Network Office for Academic Excellence and School Excellence teams is located at 425 Westchester Ave., Bronx, NY 10455. In this role, you can expect to work in person most days, including Tuesdays and Thursdays, as well as other days of the week when your work requires it. Depending on the role, team members may have optional remote days on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday, as permitted, along with remote flexibility during academic calendar breaks when school is not in session.

To achieve our vision, we are searching for an Associate Director of Pre‑K with a Bachelor's Degree and at least 5 years of experience with a proven track record of leading exceptional academic outcomes in early childhood education as a School Leader.

• Pre‑K Vision and Strategy: Design a rigorous and joyful project‑based learning experience for our students rooted in play, investigation, and learning how to collaborate and communicate.
• Ensure a Safe Learning Environment: Develop systems and strategy to ensure the physical, emotional, and psychological safety of all Pre‑K students at all times.
• Achieve Annual Academic Goals: Lead the Pre‑K program with a high bar of excellence to meet rigorous annual goals and ensure all students are fully prepared for Kindergarten and meet Zeta Kindergarten readiness standards.
• Collaboration and Problem Solving: Develop authentic relationships across Zeta to collaborate effectively to support growth in service of student learning and view every challenge as an opportunity for root cause analysis and change.
• Curriculum and Assessment Management: Manage Pre‑K curriculum including unit plans, lesson plans, and assessments. Ensure a coherent sequence of learning through unit and lesson plans grounded in critical thinking.
• Professional Learning: Design and lead early childhood professional learning trainings for school principals, assistant principals, and teachers to lead excellent academic and environmental results.
• Data Analysis: Study data to identify gaps and take action to ensure leaders and teachers are using data to increase learning outcomes.
• Instructional Management: Develop clear instructional management plans to ensure all early childhood instruction is consistently implemented with excellence. Observe instruction across Zeta schools and develop leaders and teachers in service of ensuring programming is implemented at a high level to lead exceptional academic outcomes.
• Feedback Driven: Embrace a growth mindset. Actively seek, provide, and incorporate feedback, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
• Wear multiple hats as a part of a lean scale‑up team, supporting the work of others on the team and taking on new projects and tasks as needed.

• We are passionate about our mission of providing world‑class education to all students.
• We bring a mindset of growth, flexibility, and openness to feedback.
• We are hungry and determined to not only meet our goals, but surpass them.
• We are humble, willing to put the team’s needs ahead of our own, and committed to contributing to a collaborative work environment.
• We have a high bar for excellence and sweat over the details.
• We are caring and put team over individual at all times.

The salary range for this position is between $90,000 and $110,000. New hires can expect to be brought into the organization at a salary at or near the…